“He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” - 1 Corinthians 1:8–9 (NIV)
Here is one reason we believe it is vitally important to understand that every believer who is saved by faith in Jesus has done nothing themselves to earn or attain that salvation. We are tempted to think that we somehow had something to do in securing our position God’s Family. It is appealing to believe that God’s invitation to us happened because we qualified by the good we do to be called. If that is how we think about receiving the gift of eternal life, we are in jeopardy of losing the same gift by not maintaining our good works. Because we are saved by faith and not by works, none can boast about having any part in their salvation. We have nothing to contribute and we can trust the promise God has given that it is He who called us, and it is God who reckoned us righteous in Christ Jesus. It is a great and wonderful truth of Scripture that God is faithful and will keep forever those whom he has called. God will make certain we will keep trusting. He will do whatever is necessary to keep us trusting.
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